Episode of care—mental health legal status, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Mental health legal status |
| METEOR identifier: | 270351 |
| Registration status: | Health, Superseded 07/12/2011 |
| Definition: | Whether a person is treated on an involuntary basis under the relevant state or territory mental health legislation, at any time during an episode of admitted patient care, an episode of residential care or treatment of a patient/client by a community based service during a reporting period, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Episode of care—mental health legal status |
| Value Domain: | Mental health legal status code N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N | |
| Maximum character length: | 1 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | Involuntary patient |
| 2 | Voluntary patient | |
| Supplementary values: | 3 | Not permitted to be reported under legislative arrangements in the jurisdiction |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | CODE 1 Involuntary patient Involuntary patient should only be used by facilities which are approved for this purpose. While each state and territory mental health legislation differs in the number of categories of involuntary patient that are recognised, and the specific titles and legal conditions applying to each type, the legal status categories which provide for compulsory detention or compulsory treatment of the patient can be readily differentiated within each jurisdiction. These include special categories for forensic patients who are charged with or convicted of some form of criminal activity. Each state/territory health authority should identify which sections of their mental health legislation provide for detention or compulsory treatment of the patient and code these as involuntary status. CODE 2 Voluntary patient Voluntary patient to be used for reporting to the NMDS-Community mental health care, where applicable. CODE 3 Not permitted to be reported under legislative arrangements in the jurisdiction Not permitted to be reported under legislative arrangements in the jurisdiction, is to be used for reporting to the National Minimum Data Set - Community mental health care, where applicable. |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | The mental health legal status of admitted patients treated within approved hospitals may change many times throughout the episode of care. Patients may be admitted to hospital on an involuntary basis and subsequently be changed to voluntary status; some patients are admitted as voluntary but are transferred to involuntary status during the hospital stay. Multiple changes between voluntary and involuntary status during an episode of care in hospital or treatment in the community may occur depending on the patient's clinical condition and his/her capacity to consent to treatment. Similarly, the mental health legal status of residents treated within residential care services may change on multiple occasions throughout the episode of residential care or residential stay. |
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| Collection methods: | Admitted patients to be reported as involuntary if the patient is involuntary at any time during the episode of care. Residents in residential mental health services to be reported as involuntary if the resident is involuntary at any time during the episode of residential care. Patients of ambulatory mental health care services to be reported as involuntary if the patient is involuntary at the time of a service contact. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Origin: | National Health Data Committee |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Episode of care—mental health legal status, code N Health, Superseded 07/03/2014 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 6) ANNA Health, Standard 30/06/2013 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 6.0x) ANNA Tasmanian Health, Superseded 06/09/2016 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 7) ANNA Health, Recorded 23/09/2014 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 7.0) ANNA Tasmanian Health, Superseded 06/09/2016 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 7.0) ANNA Tasmanian Health, Standard 06/09/2016 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 8.0) ANNA Tasmanian Health, Superseded 11/01/2018 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v5.1) ANNA Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—major diagnostic category, code (AR-DRG v 6) NN Health, Standard 30/06/2013 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 07/09/2016 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—major diagnostic category, code (AR-DRG v 7) NN Health, Recorded 23/09/2014 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—major diagnostic category, code (AR-DRG v 8.0) NN Tasmanian Health, Superseded 12/01/2018 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—major diagnostic category, code (AR-DRG v5.1) NN Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2008-09 Health, Superseded 04/02/2009 Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2009-10 Health, Superseded 05/01/2010 Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2010-11 Health, Superseded 18/01/2011 Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2011-12 Health, Superseded 07/12/2011 |